Madhav works as an Archives Associate with the Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University. He has done his Masters in Modern South Asian History from SOAS, University of London where he worked on Student Protest and Resistance in Colonial Amritsar and Lahore 1918-1922 for his Masters dissertation. He has also contributed to leading digital dailies and newspapers such as The Wire, The Scroll, Sahapedia, The Hindu, First Post etc. Apart from being an avid reader, Madhav is also a Carnatic music enthusiast and loves listening to MD Ramanathan.